Members jam6242 Posted May 6, 2022 Members Share Posted May 6, 2022 @victoria foxtonThank you! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JAS0N47 Posted May 7, 2022 Members Share Posted May 7, 2022 Thanks for the tags as always! I checked in my records from a long time ago that I had # 185 through 193 (except for # 191). When I saw 8/8/66 (# 191) posted today, I thought maybe this person might have additional episodes that I did not have, but this is not 8/8/66, it is 8/9/66 (# 192). So it looks like there may be just one more episode (8/10/66, # 193). I don't know if they'll post the wrong airdate and say that their next post is 8/9/66, but it will actually be 8/10/66. But in any case, I'm glad this opened up these episodes to a lot of new people! Here is the info for the missing episode, # 191: 191...8/8/66: Cast: Tom, Julie, David, Susan, Bill, Dr. Hendricks. Sets: David & Susan’s Apartment, Tom’s Study, Hospital Corridor with Phone, Hospital Waiting Room. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victoria foxton Posted May 7, 2022 Share Posted May 7, 2022 A 1981 clip featuring Lee, Renee, Mike, Doug and Julie. Please register in order to view this content 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Paul Raven Posted May 7, 2022 Members Share Posted May 7, 2022 Watching those 66 clips got me looking back at synopses of that era. It occurred to me in developing those storylines Bill Bell created triangles w/o villians. Even if people did bad things, their actions were explained, if not justified. Take Marie marrying Craig but still yearning for Tony. Nowadays, Craig would probably be scheming against his son,eg paying some hooker to romance Tony and have Marie find out, or Tony would go psycho and try to bump off his dad. People weren't schemers in those days, just flawed people who made selfish or misguided actions. It's a world away from the Days of today. Such a pity... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Contessa Donatella Posted May 7, 2022 Members Share Posted May 7, 2022 (edited) Please register in order to view this content It's just a shame they can't be held up to people & say, "See? Like this." "Do it like this." Although I am afraid that there are current soap fans who would be too impatient for things to happen. They've learned some bad habits & I don't know anyway to un-learn them. I just saw a Today In Soaps item that I love: On May 7, 1970, Susan introduced Doug & Julie. And, so it begins. And, I just had such a crush on Julie! Edited May 7, 2022 by Tonksadora Add 1 item. Add another item. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members janea4old Posted May 7, 2022 Members Share Posted May 7, 2022 "confirmed that John was really ... " (until he wasn't) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members j swift Posted May 7, 2022 Members Share Posted May 7, 2022 I think that's a very smart take on the situation. The episodes are also a roadmap on how to produce a soap on a budget. There are few sets, they don't change clothes that often, or they were professional uniforms, the lighting is good, and the focus is just on the dialogue. In my mind, modern DAYS always suffers when they try to do too much with too little money. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AbcNbc247 Posted May 7, 2022 Members Share Posted May 7, 2022 (edited) So, in this timeline, how did John (Forrest) find his way to Stefano's organization after he "drowned" in the swimming pool? Edited May 7, 2022 by AbcNbc247 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members yrfan1983 Posted May 7, 2022 Members Share Posted May 7, 2022 Thanks for posting. Brenda Benet always outshone whatever level of mediocre writing was happening... Wesley Eure still had a wonderful presence but I think he was fired quite shortly after this... sigh... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victoria foxton Posted May 7, 2022 Share Posted May 7, 2022 (edited) Love the dirty looks Liz and Marlena give each other. Edited May 7, 2022 by victoria foxton 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members carolineg Posted May 8, 2022 Members Share Posted May 8, 2022 @Diongave me this excellent description on this thread a few months back: John actually is the real Forrest, it's just that he was adopted by the Alamains rather than being their biological child. Who they adopted him from keeps changing though lol. I think currently we are meant to believe that John's father Yo Ling, formerly Timothy Robicheaux, who escaped to China during the Korean War formed some sort of communist alliance with Petrov, found out John had been adopted by the Alamains and reclaimed him so the Alamains (or maybe just Philomena) let him take John and faked his death in the pool. And John was brainwashed at some private school before Petrov betrayed Yo Ling and took John to Stefano. I love bitchy Marlena!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dion Posted May 8, 2022 Members Share Posted May 8, 2022 Yeah that's the current explanation but I think AbcNbc247 is asking how they explained it in the 90s? During the Princess Gina storyline I think they just said that after Philomena faked his death in the pool and John ended up a priest, Princess Gina would confess her sins (the art thefts and forgeries with Stefano) to him and they also became lovers. Stefano was so incensed that he took John away and brainwashed him to become Roman. And Gina was so heartbroken that she eventually had a mental breakdown necessitating Stefano to use Hope to take her place. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Contessa Donatella Posted May 8, 2022 Members Share Posted May 8, 2022 I was just looking at that clip someone posted of Renee & Tony (Andre') coming to know more about their feelings for each other & thinking about all of the retconning & re-retconning, et al, that they did with Tony. Of course they did even more with John. I think DOOL did more with retcon layers than any other show. Philece RIP was so good as Renee! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members carolineg Posted May 8, 2022 Members Share Posted May 8, 2022 lol! I read it as how does it fit in as of a current timeline, but that's probably wrong. It's all a mess regardless.. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Khan Posted May 8, 2022 Members Share Posted May 8, 2022 I give up trying to make sense of John's backstory. It is what it is. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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